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It is not that Bhagavad-gītā rejects the meditational yoga process; it recognizes it as a bona fide method, but it …

ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāc calita-mānasaḥ aprāpya yoga-saṁsiddhiṁ kāṁ gatiṁ kṛṣṇa gacchati

“What is the destination of the man of faith who does not persevere, who in the beginning takes to the …

kaccin nobhaya-vibhraṣṭaś chinnābhram iva naśyati apratiṣṭho mahā-bāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi

“O mighty-armed Kṛṣṇa,” Arjuna continues, “does not such a man, being deviated from the path of Transcendence, perish like a …

etan me saṁśayaṁ kṛṣṇa chettum arhasy aśeṣataḥ tvad-anyaḥ saṁśayasyāsya chettā na hy upapadyate

“This is my doubt, O Kṛṣṇa, and I ask You to dispel it completely. But for Yourself, no one is …

śrī-bhagavān uvāca pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśas tasya vidyate na hi kalyāṇa-kṛt kaścid durgatiṁ tāta gacchati

Here, as in many other places throughout the Gītā, Śrī Kṛṣṇa is referred to as Bhagavān. This is another of …

Actually Arjuna is asking a very appropriate and intelligent question. It is not unusual for one to fall down from …

In this regard, there is the story of Viśvāmitra Muni, a great king, a kṣatriya, who renounced his kingdom and …

Thus there is every chance of failure on the yogic path; even a great sage like Viśvāmitra Muni can fall …

Now what actually happens to the unsuccessful spiritualist? Śrī Kṛṣṇa specifically explains,

prāpya puṇya-kṛtāṁ lokān uṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe yoga-bhraṣṭo ’bhijāyate

athavā yoginām eva kule bhavati dhīmatām etad dhi durlabhataraṁ loke janma yad īdṛśam

“The unsuccessful yogī, after many, many years of enjoyment on the planets of the pious living entities, is born into …

Generally, according to the law of karma, if one enacts pious deeds, he is rewarded in the next life by …

Kṛṣṇa further indicates that of all good families to be born into – families of successful merchants or philosophers or …

tatra taṁ buddhi-saṁyogaṁ labhate paurva-dehikam yatate ca tato bhūyaḥ saṁsiddhau kuru-nandana

“On taking such a birth, he again revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he tries to make …